Photographer Captures Colorful Ammunition Cross-Sections

Fine art photographer Sabine Pearlman created a photo series of ammunition cross-sections titled "AMMO." She chose not to identify the types of ammunition to keep them ambiguous to the viewer.
- Ammunition cross-sections, titled "AMMO," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

Sabine Pearlman

Fine art photographer Sabine Pearlman created a photo series of ammunition cross-sections titled "AMMO." She chose not to identify the types of ammunition to keep them ambiguous to the viewer.
- Ammunition cross-sections, titled "<a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">AMMO</a>," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

Sabine Pearlman

Pearlman says that individually or grouped together against stark white backgrounds, these strange and alluring objects exist at the intersection of exquisite composition and lethal consequence. - Ammunition cross-section from the series "<a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">AMMO</a>," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

Sabine Pearlman

Pearlman says these photographs blur our preconceptions of ammunition by showing us their simplicity and aesthetic balance, their serene arrangement of parts.
- Ammunition cross-section from the series "<a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">AMMO</a>," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

Sabine Pearlman

According to Pearlman, viewers can't help but contemplate them as abstractions composed of shapes and angles, flecks of color and texture, devoid of use.
- Ammunition cross-section from the series "<a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">AMMO</a>," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

Sabine Pearlman

Pearlman says these full, unflinching photos show the tender yet explosive and violent insides of these objects. She suggests with these portraits that as humans, we live our interior lives encased in protective armor, and that we too hold both the possibility of killer and protector.
- Ammunition cross-section from the series "<a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">AMMO</a>," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

Sabine Pearlman

Pearlman says that much like Snow White's apple in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "AMMO" represents themes of intrigue and tragedy, good and evil, beauty and horror. It allows us to reflect on our inner-most fears as well as our highest hopes.
- Ammunition cross-section from the series "<a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">AMMO</a>," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

Sabine Pearlman

Pearlman says that by eschewing the practice of giving each image a label describing the type, age or use of each cartridge, she preserves the cartridges' ambiguity and offers the viewer the pure form to ponder and appreciate.
- Ammunition cross-section from the series "<a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">AMMO</a>," 2012. Limited edition, archival pigment prints on metallic paper.

"Ammo" was recently featured at PYO Gallery South in Seoul as a solo exhibition, titled "<a href=" http://south.pyoart.com/Exhibition/index.asp?p_check=exhibition&exhibition_gubun=y&exhibition_idx=50" target="_blank">Fatal Beauty</a>." You can view more of Sabine Pearlman's work on her <a href="http://www.pearlmanphotography.com" target="_blank">website</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sabine-Pearlman-Photography/248308635253212" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.